Whats this? I found it at the side of the car

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Whats this? I found it at the side of the car

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Whats this guys?
It has some sort of black aerial looking thing which is located sideways
It is on the driver side of the car

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whats that box its connected to??
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khunjeng wrote:whats that box its connected to??
exactly...
what is it?
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OMG it's a bomb for sure with remote trigger. Or if you're after a more serious opinion it's the factory remote central locking ecu/receiver I believe.
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It's a GPS tracker than the FBI have installed to track your movements, durr. Either that or you have a really untrusting gf ;)
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Seriously though, could it be related to the remote central locking or alarm?
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Dr_Jones wrote: it's the factory remote central locking ecu/receiver I believe.
You might be right,
I think it has been disabled, cause previous owner installed an alarm system on it.
I don’t have any buttons on my key though, I wonder how does it work normally
HiRAEdd wrote: you have a really untrusting gf ;)
Hey, that’s highly likely too
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ya I was unsure but my guess was that also...wow how much for it :P
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I am happy to sell the bugger if anybody wants it
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I disconnected mine, you will find out that your interior lights on your rear view mirror won't turn on when you open the door, and the door light on the instrument cluster won't turn on aswell, thats what happen to mine anyway, but I still have that beeping sound which I hate.
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bigpitty1 wrote:I disconnected mine, you will find out that your interior lights on your rear view mirror won't turn on when you open the door, and the door light on the instrument cluster won't turn on aswell, thats what happen to mine anyway, but I still have that beeping sound which I hate.
my mirror and door light is working, and I love that beeping sound, :lol:
keeps reminding the gf that she has left the lights on
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